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Today is National Random Acts of Kindness Day, here are 10 simple things you can do on Random Acts of Kindness Day Saturday, Feb. 17. What can you add to the list?

1. If you're waiting in a drive-through lane, pay for the order of the car behind you. If you're dining in, pay for someone else's meal.

2. If you're out and about, leave uplifting messages on sticky notes on restroom mirrors and bulletin boards, or tuck them inside library books you're returning.

3. Send a virtual hug by text or social media; choose somebody you don't communicate with often and let them know they matter.

4. Tip your server or barista more than you normally would. Note on the receipt you're doing it as part of Random Acts of Kindness Day.

5. Go out on the sidewalk and picket with signs with messages that say something like "be kind" or "you matter." Or use sidewalk chalk to leave a nice message.

6. Send a thank-you note to someone who made a big difference in your life, even if it was years ago.

7. Fill a backpack you're no longer using with gloves, hats, toiletries and other items and give it to a homeless person, or leave it at some location you know a homeless person might find it. Leave a box of disposable wipes or diapers in the family restroom.

8. Take a bouquet of flowers or a basket of fruit to an elderly neighbor who lives alone.

9. Donate to your favorite charity. If you don't have a favorite or don't know which one to give to, hop on charitynavigator.org to find some of the most reputable.

10. Let someone go ahead of you in the line at the grocery store. ... See more

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